Information behaviour in nursing specialities: A case study of midwifery

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 407-421

  Bawden, David ^a   Robinson, Kay ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING;

MIDWIFERY; NURSING INFORMATICS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 0031361621     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016555159702300602     Document Type: Article

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